Dental implant prosthesis component display system

Abstract

A dental implant prosthesis component package and display system for containing sterile dental prostheses and components thereof for convenient use by a dentist or oral surgeon is disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A dental implant prosthesis component display system for containing sterile dental implant prostheses and components thereof for convenient use by a dentist or oral surgeon comprising, in combination: a display box comprising a base and a transparent cover, the base comprising a peripheral frame defining a shallow receptacle compartment, the cover being formed in substantial part of transparent material and being constructed and configured to fit snugly over and extend above the base, the combined base and cover defining an enclosure visible through the cover from outside the enclosure, the base defining plural columns of generally cylindrical recesses for receiving receptacles;   a plurality of generally cylindrical component packages each having substantially the same cross-sectional configuration constructed and configured to fit snugly inside the enclosure in said recesses, each of said packages comprising a bottom, walls and a top defining component containing space;   a component of a dental implant prosthesis or dental prosthesis inside the packages;   indicia on the component packages encoding information defining the size of the component contained therein; and   caps closing said packages, said caps defining a generally cylindrical structure having a cylindrical axis, ends for being received on said packages, generally cylindrical walls defining gripping structure configured and constructed to permit the user to grip the caps and a closed end, the closed end being configured and constructed to define two intersecting planar surfaces, one of said planar surfaces being substantially perpendicular to said axis, the other of said planer surfaces defining with said axis an angle of less than 90 degrees.   
     
     
       2. The system of claim 1 further comprising indicia on both of said planar surfaces to identify the type of component and other specifications. 
     
     
       3. The system of claim 2 wherein the indicia on at least one of said planar surfaces are printed on colored background to identify the prosthesis component as part of a particular size of prosthetic set.